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<br />. <br /> <br />IA~. U:':IRICH: 'i'tat dC:'JendG entirely on conditions. If !leV! <br /> <br />!.lexico could develop land at twcnt~'-five dollars pn aore, and <br /> <br />if water \Ias allowed to run fi"Om the hi[.hland roaches to !lew <br />Mexico, the low mey be so great that it might take four times <br />as much water to irrigate thet land as 0 similar tract in Utah. <br />, <br /> <br />Another thing to be considered,~ou have a certain return flow <br /> <br />from irl'igatil"g tIle u?per land whiuh will eventually be available <br /> <br /> <br />to the low land regions so that under these conditions Utah might <br /> <br />still have a potential right as against IJew J.lexico. <br /> <br />lAB. H001BH: ~u)pose th~re is a project in any other State <br />which is more economical to put into action, would ;Y'ou consider <br /> <br />that the beneficial riGhts of the ~tate of Utah to water should <br /> <br /> <br />. absorb those of the other StateS? <br /> <br /> <br />MR. ULI,RICH: I think so if a potentie.l right of the State of <br /> <br /> <br />Utah. <br /> <br />,MR. HOOVll'R: If you were told that all the water in the Colo- <br /> <br />rado River Basin was exhausted, would you be surprised? <br /> <br />MR. ULI,inCH: I certainly \va uld be. <br />MR. HOD VJ<:H : Are you femiliar \'Ii th the s~lS ter.1S on the River? <br />M.a. UI,LRICR: To a certain extent, ye8. <br />MR. HOOV1'R: :00 you ]:no\V they are exhausting the flow of the <br /> <br />river? <br /> <br />~r, Ullrich: ~hey may be exhaustinG the flOW, but whetber <br /> <br />they are using it benefiCially or not, I can't say. <br /> <br />S.L. <br /> <br />.' <br />